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<v Speaker 1>There's some shows coming to Austin want to tell you about.

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<v Speaker 1>But first, or so, tell everybody about the photo you

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<v Speaker 1>got from your friend Jennifer, who we call Jack.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, she sent me a picture of Leslie. Do you

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<v Speaker 3>remember downtown Leslie? Leslie Cochrane or Leslie Cochrane, the man

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<v Speaker 3>with the beard and the hair lived downtown dressed like

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<v Speaker 3>a woman or high heels. Became our unofficial front if

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<v Speaker 3>you will, Yeah, unofficial mayor. She sent me a picture

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<v Speaker 3>of him on his bike, dressed all sexy and said

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<v Speaker 3>he would have turned seventy four this year.

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<v Speaker 4>Was she tight with him or something?

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<v Speaker 2>No?

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<v Speaker 4>I think she just.

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<v Speaker 3>Ran across this photo, just ran across this info and

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<v Speaker 3>sent it in.

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<v Speaker 1>For New Austin Nights. Leslie was an icon in Austin.

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<v Speaker 1>He was the I mean in the kindest possible way

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<v Speaker 1>I can say.

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<v Speaker 4>He was a village idiot, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>But everyone loved him right then. Everyone loved him. And

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<v Speaker 1>he would wear pink thong and stand on the corner

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<v Speaker 1>of six in Congress and he had a tierra on

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<v Speaker 1>often a leopard print type of blow and high heels.

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<v Speaker 5>Songs and a short top and ran for mayor and

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<v Speaker 5>I believe got second in the mayoral election one year,

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<v Speaker 5>so he would have been seventy four years old.

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<v Speaker 4>Take speaking of Austin characters, go ahead, Jimmy, I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I was just saying he was a fixture everywhere

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<v Speaker 2>downtown and was very open, like getting pictures with him.

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<v Speaker 2>And do you remember it used to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>I know you could buy him at Waterloo back in

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<v Speaker 2>the day. It was like, you know, the little dress

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<v Speaker 2>up kits.

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<v Speaker 4>M hm, you know, like where you take a lardboard doll.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there was a Leslie Changes outfit kit that he

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<v Speaker 2>was selling because somebody stole a bunch of them from

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<v Speaker 2>his warehouse ones.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh I remember that. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>But he would you know, people would tip him. The

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<v Speaker 2>would get photos with him and tip him. That's how

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<v Speaker 2>he got by financially.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, he's quite a character.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of Austin characters, and Tones is celebrating its fiftieth

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<v Speaker 1>anniversary all this summer. Did you guys know that Cliff

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<v Speaker 1>at Anton's joint started nineteen seventy five? I believe the

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<v Speaker 1>original was on Guadaloop, wasn't it.

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<v Speaker 4>JB.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, I forget, I've lost track. I think it's moved

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<v Speaker 2>five or six times. It's been on Fifth Street a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of times. It's it was in East Austin Ferlimentations.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it was on.

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<v Speaker 2>It was on Guadaloop near campus when I was in

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<v Speaker 2>school in the late eighties.

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<v Speaker 4>Ire original. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Our daughter was out the other day and texted Sandy,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm at Antone's and I was like, I don't even

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<v Speaker 3>know where that is now, Like she was at.

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<v Speaker 1>The record store. Yeah, yeah, that's on which is record

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah right. Anton's fiftieth celebration. They've got Soul Hat playing

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<v Speaker 1>on Saturday night, and they have it's a twenty one

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<v Speaker 1>and up show, a super ticket which includes a commemorative

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<v Speaker 1>key chain that grants you access to all anniversary shows,

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<v Speaker 1>plus drink tickets, Cliffy Dogs.

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<v Speaker 4>I'd be a little leery of.

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<v Speaker 1>A Cliffy dog, if you know what I mean, And

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<v Speaker 1>a fiftieth poster and other merchandise that's happening at Antone's. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>Blue October is playing at the Moody Amphitheater on Saturday night,

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to check that out. And finally two

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<v Speaker 1>shows this weekend. Yeah, they'll probably blend in pretty well here.

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<v Speaker 1>But Fish is doing two shows at the Movie Center

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend. So that's a band that people follow like

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<v Speaker 1>they did The Grateful Dead. They travel to see them,

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<v Speaker 1>and you'll see seventy year old guys that have been

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<v Speaker 1>fans for twenty years that still follow them.

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<v Speaker 2>Around, and a lot of girls in hippie dresses just

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<v Speaker 2>on hie as a kite.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but here's the thing I was thinking about that.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, you know, I think a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>the Fish bands when they go let's say they go

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<v Speaker 1>to Akron, Ohio, they really stand out in Akron and

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<v Speaker 1>they are kind of superstars and they're different and they're

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<v Speaker 1>weird and Akron. Right, Dude, in Austin, you look like

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<v Speaker 1>everybody else typical Fish fan.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, you're not.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, You're not really standing out too much, is what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm saying. So anyway, those are just some shows that

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<v Speaker 1>are happening this weekend in Austin. I will not be

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<v Speaker 1>attending any of them, although if I had to choose

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<v Speaker 1>one of them, it would be the Blue October Show.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, which would be cool me too. Tby, have you

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<v Speaker 4>been to the Moody Amphitheater. I've been, Yeah, I've been.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, let's get them straight, there's the Moody the Moody Center.

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<v Speaker 2>The Moody Center is the big one, but basketball right,

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<v Speaker 2>the Moody Center is the hoops one. Yeah, yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>and then the Moody Ampathy that's the outdoor one, now correct.

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<v Speaker 2>I have not been to the outdoor one. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>to the one in the w many times. I haven't

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<v Speaker 2>been to the one which in Waterloo Park.

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<v Speaker 4>I have not been. I've seen it. It looks amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>They did an amazing job with it all the way around,

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<v Speaker 1>even the whole city block that it takes up our

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<v Speaker 1>two blocks, everything around that still looks really, really really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you haven't seen a show at the Moody Amphitheater,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a perfect spot for it too. In downtown Austin.

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<v Speaker 1>You didn't think there's you don't think there's that much

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<v Speaker 1>room for an amphitheater, but there is. Somehow they find room,

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like they do on I thirty five and

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<v Speaker 1>Mopak in three sixty they managed to invent land to

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<v Speaker 1>make them late.

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<v Speaker 4>That little park.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that's Waller Creek and they've been trying to

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<v Speaker 2>clean up Waller Creek for years, and that's a big

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<v Speaker 2>step and they're doing a lot of improvements down to

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<v Speaker 2>where I don't have you guys been down on the

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<v Speaker 2>hiking bike trail in the last I don't know, six months.

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<v Speaker 3>No, No, I can't remember the last time I was

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<v Speaker 3>down there.

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<v Speaker 2>They've done a lot because Waller Creek goes right right

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<v Speaker 2>by Rainy and all of that, so they've been they've

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<v Speaker 2>been doing a lot to clean that up because that's

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<v Speaker 2>just been an ice. Sorry, they talk been saying forever. It's, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna be like a riverwalk, Like do we really

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<v Speaker 2>even want that in Austin? Would you want in San

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<v Speaker 2>Antonio like riverwalk in Austin? I don't think I would. Yeah, yeah, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>those those trails there because there's a lot to go

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<v Speaker 2>from downtown up into Shoal Creek and those those have

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<v Speaker 2>been heavily habitated by the homeless. So it's you wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>it's a little dicey right now, enter at your own risk.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah,